Benjamin Ferris

I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 8 years of full-stack engineering experience across identity security, federal mission software, and NASA research systems. I enjoy building reliable systems for technical users, especially where access control, automation, workflow clarity, and clean user experience matter.

At Aembit, I’ve built C# backend services for workload identity and access workflows, helping security teams manage service-to-service access without long-lived shared credentials. I delivered Angular screens for policy configuration and access activity, and I integrated practical LLM support into an internal policy-assist workflow that helped engineers review policy changes about 30% faster. I also improved API validation and audit-event handling around policy updates, reducing repeated investigation time for access-related support cases.

Previously at IOMAXIS, I developed C# and .NET backend services for federal-facing engineering tools that supported cyber operations, network visibility, and secure workflow automation. I built Angular and React interfaces for analysts to review system status, search operational records, and manage workflow actions, while creating API endpoints that gave frontend teams cleaner contracts. I also used Python scripts to automate data cleanup, test preparation, and recurring engineering checks.

Earlier at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, I contributed to internal research and mission-support web applications that helped technical users work through data, documentation, and operational inputs more organizedly. I built backend features in C# with Python automation for processing, validation, and reporting, and I developed React UI components for search and filtering to reduce spreadsheet-heavy steps. Across teams, I focused on clear documentation, thoughtful code reviews, and shipping small but useful features that stand up to security-sensitive requirements.